Chef_Troy (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chef_troy) wrote,@ 2009-06-08 23:45:00 |
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So.
About a year ago, the family and I took a cruise. I spent a lot of time in the on-board casino (winning, no less), and took home several hundred dollars in winnings. Some of it I used at another casino on a couple of occasions, but I've had $200 riding around in my wallet for a LONG time, trying to find something I wanted to spend it on. (I made half-hearted noises about putting it into the bank when I lost my job, but I got shut down by Mrs. Chef and didn't fight very hard.)
My son has been playing Guitar Hero over at his best friend's house and making none-too-subtle remarks to the effect of "gee, wouldn't it be GREAT if WE had Guitar Hero?" Then, the best friend's older brother moved out and took all the GH games with him.
At Mrs. Chef's suggestion, I decided to look into getting GH: World Tour for our Wii; The local emporium de tarzhay had the game with two guitars for $99, so -- officially for me, but really mostly for him -- I bought it with half of my remaining casino winnings. Chef Jr. invited his buddy over, and they shredded much shreddage this weekend; I tried it, and sucked like a Dyson, and thought to myself that I probably wouldn't play it much, because I only like to do things I'm good at.
Then, tonight, Chef Jr. called out to me, "Hey, Dad?" (*shy pause*) "Want to play Guitar Hero with me?" I'm not going to turn down a chance to hang with my boy, so I jumped up and grabbed the second guitar.
Whereupon I discovered that it's only guitar I suck at. I LIKE playing bass on GH:WT, and I'm not bad at it for an old geezer. (Yes, I'm still playing on "Easy" mode. Suck my whammy bar.) We worked our way through perhaps a dozen songs tonight. I finally cried uncle at around 11:30, and my big tough teenager gave me a hug and said, "That was a lot of fun, wasn't it?"
Yes, son. Yes it was.
About a year ago, the family and I took a cruise. I spent a lot of time in the on-board casino (winning, no less), and took home several hundred dollars in winnings. Some of it I used at another casino on a couple of occasions, but I've had $200 riding around in my wallet for a LONG time, trying to find something I wanted to spend it on. (I made half-hearted noises about putting it into the bank when I lost my job, but I got shut down by Mrs. Chef and didn't fight very hard.)
My son has been playing Guitar Hero over at his best friend's house and making none-too-subtle remarks to the effect of "gee, wouldn't it be GREAT if WE had Guitar Hero?" Then, the best friend's older brother moved out and took all the GH games with him.
At Mrs. Chef's suggestion, I decided to look into getting GH: World Tour for our Wii; The local emporium de tarzhay had the game with two guitars for $99, so -- officially for me, but really mostly for him -- I bought it with half of my remaining casino winnings. Chef Jr. invited his buddy over, and they shredded much shreddage this weekend; I tried it, and sucked like a Dyson, and thought to myself that I probably wouldn't play it much, because I only like to do things I'm good at.
Then, tonight, Chef Jr. called out to me, "Hey, Dad?" (*shy pause*) "Want to play Guitar Hero with me?" I'm not going to turn down a chance to hang with my boy, so I jumped up and grabbed the second guitar.
Whereupon I discovered that it's only guitar I suck at. I LIKE playing bass on GH:WT, and I'm not bad at it for an old geezer. (Yes, I'm still playing on "Easy" mode. Suck my whammy bar.) We worked our way through perhaps a dozen songs tonight. I finally cried uncle at around 11:30, and my big tough teenager gave me a hug and said, "That was a lot of fun, wasn't it?"
Yes, son. Yes it was.
